#9E8A9E#9E8A9E

#9E8A9E is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.037 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A9E
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(300, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, 11.22, -7.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 13.67, 325.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% 0.0309 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.037 326)
XYZ	xyz(29.3598, 27.9151, 36.1826)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A9E #8A9E8A

analogous

#948A9E #9E8A9E #9E8A94

triadic

#9E8A9E #9E9E8A #8A9E9E

tetradic

#9E8A9E #9E948A #8A9E8A #8A949E

square

#9E8A9E #9E948A #8A9E8A #8A949E

split-complementary

#9E8A9E #949E8A #8A9E94

monochromatic

#5F4F5F #806A80 #9E8A9E #BAABBA #D5CDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#9E8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#9E8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A9E

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A9E	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D919D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F8C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.037 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baacba',
    500: '#9e8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a9e;
$custom-light: #baacba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65783,
    "c": 0.03726,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.27915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A9E

secondary

#BEC6BE

accent

#B27575

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A9E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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